Chris Berg: Markets, liberty and technology

Topic

Money and banking

Money, banks and financial markets: the Reserve Bank, interest rates and inflation, bank regulation, deposit guarantees, payments and financial crises.

Related topics
The global financial crisisCryptocurrency and digital moneyEconomic historyBudgets and government spendingAustralian politicsRed tape and regulationThe Reserve BankWorld politics and foreign policy

Research 9

Common knowledge theory of stablecoinsBerg, C., Potts, J. and White, C. (2024) · Working paper, SSRNInteroperability as a critical design choice for central bank digital currenciesBerg, C. (2022) · Working paper, SSRNBlockchain and Investment: An Austrian ApproachAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2020) · The Review of Austrian Economics 34(1): 149–162Beyond Money: Cryptocurrencies, Machine-Mediated Transactions and High Frequency BarteringBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2018) · Working paper, SSRNA Genuine Commercial Justification for Interchange FeesBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2018) · Working paper, SSRNSome public economics of blockchain technologyBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2018) · Working paper, SSRNSafety and Soundness: An economic history of prudential bank regulation in Australia, 1893-2008Berg, C. (2016) · PhD thesis, RMIT UniversityThe Campbell Committee and the origins of ‘deregulation’ in AustraliaBerg, C. (2016) · Australian Journal of Political Science 51(4): 711–726The Curtin–Chifley Origins of the Australian Bank Deposit GuaranteeBerg, C. (2015) · Agenda – A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform 22(1)

Policy 4

Payments and Competition in a Digital EconomyBerg, C. and Allen, D.W.E. (2026) · Submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Schemes, Digital Wallets and Innovation in the Payments SectorTracer: Peer-to-Peer FinanceBerg, C., Garner, R., Webb, L. and Potts, J. (2021) · TracerWhat does the blockchain mean for government? Cryptocurrencies in the Australian payments systemBerg, C. and Davidson, S. (2018) · Submissions and reportsThe South Australian Major Bank Levy: Arbitrary, unjustified, and harmful for South Australia and the rest of the countryBerg, C. and Davidson, S. (2017) · Institute of Public Affairs

Media 11

High interest rates are crushing Australia’s economyTicker · 13 August 2026Crypto, freedom and the futureCrypto for Advisers · 13 October 2025The history of banking regulationAfternoon Light · 2 April 2025Peeling back the labelLife and Shares · 21 November 2023Grocery giants rake it in while Aussies struggleHack · 17 August 2023Cash is no longer king. Will crypto take the crown?Download This Show · 13 July 2023The future of the global financial systemETH Vietnam · 25 November 2022Money fixes barter, but with tokenisation do we still need it?Australian Crypto Convention · 18 September 2022

Commentary 44

A Run on the BanksIPA Review · 12 Dec 2025The RBA is why your credit card surcharge fees are so highAustralian Financial Review · 20 Nov 2025Jim Chalmers’ spray at the RBA is embarrassingCrikey · 5 Sep 2024Financial rules for the algorithm ageAustralian Financial Review · 25 Feb 2021After GameStop, the rise of Dogecoin shows us how memes can move markets3 Feb 2021What we think we know about defiMedium post · 10 Sep 2020Age of currency disruption is hereAustralian Financial Review · 10 Feb 2020Facebook’s monetary revolutionAustralian Financial Review · 20 Jun 2019The rational crypto-expectations revolutionMedium post · 19 Jul 2018State Government bank levy makes South Australia riskiest place for investment in AustraliaThe Advertiser · 3 Jul 2017Why Anti-Bank Populism Is A Fundamental Part Of Australia’s Political CultureABC The Drum · 20 Apr 2016Kevin Rudd guaranteed bank deposits and gave us something we already hadThe Conversation · 29 Jan 2016Why Politicians Ride The Wave Of Anti-Bank PopulismABC The Drum · 25 Nov 2015Why Should We Join Another Development Bank?ABC The Drum · 31 Mar 2015The Murray Inquiry Wants Regulation – But Why?ABC The Drum · 9 Dec 2014The Cold Calculations Of The GFC StimulusABC The Drum · 26 Aug 2014Politics, Not Policy, Will Decide Who Gets Bailed OutABC The Drum · 22 Jul 2014FoFA Fearmongering A Blow To DeregulationABC The Drum · 18 Mar 2014Another G20 Deal For Everyone To IgnoreABC The Drum · 25 Feb 2014Accountability Goes Missing In Iraq Bank Note ScandalABC The Drum · 8 Oct 2013
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More Than Just A Financial CrisisABC The Drum · 1 Oct 2013The GFC Debate We Never HadABC The Drum · 2 Jul 2013If By A Miracle Labor Wins The Poll, It Must Deal With The TreasurerThe Sunday Age · 19 May 2013Losing Interest In Our Rate ObsessionABC The Drum · 11 Dec 2012The Unhappy Compromise Of European ‘Austerity’ABC The Drum · 15 May 2012The World Will Be No Safer Under Basel IIIABC The Drum · 1 Dec 2011Europe’s Doomed EuroABC The Drum · 24 Aug 2011Learning From Public Policy Mistakes Of The GFCABC The Drum · 12 Apr 2011Drowning In Gillard’s Flood Levy SpinThe Sunday Age · 30 Jan 2011Taxpayers Are The True Victims Of The Global Financial CrisisThe Sunday Age · 26 Dec 2010Staring Through The Greens’ Populist PrismABC The Drum · 17 Nov 2010Economic Populism: A Minefield For The LiberalsABC The Drum · 26 Oct 2010An Illusion Of SafetyThe Sunday Age · 24 Oct 2010Crisis? What Crisis?The Sunday Age · 28 Jun 2009Hurling Invective At CEOs Over Salaries Is A Bit RichThe Sunday Age · 7 Jun 2009Never Mind The Deficit, Look At The SpendingCrikey · 13 May 2009How A Joker Sent Battman To The RescueThe Sunday Age · 12 Apr 2009Keeping up with Kevin: Kevin Rudd’s testosterone technocracyIPA Review · 1 Mar 2009IPA Review Editorial, March 2009IPA Review · 1 Mar 2009Despite Job Fears, We Must Keep Migration Door OpenThe Sunday Age · 1 Mar 2009The Bail-Out DiseaseThe Sunday Age · 1 Feb 2009IPA Review Editorial, November 2008IPA Review · 1 Nov 2008Why Greed’s Just Too Small A Word To Hang A Crisis OnThe Sunday Age · 12 Oct 2008Where’s The Local Goodwill When It Comes To Rates?The Sunday Age · 28 Sep 2008